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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      Friends, I'm in touch with this family with four kids facing homelessness. 😢Tough situation, involves fleeing domestic violence. Mom has a job lined up, but needs a way to survive for a few months and afford transportation. Fundraiser if you can help:https://www.gofundme.com/mcdougle-mom-and-4-kids-facing-homelessness …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      Last month, we helped a grandma and a grandkid (they'd just lost his dad) facing homelessness. I've great news! With your help, they've stabilized. The kiddo no longer has to be taken to grandma's fastfood job at 6a. He takes a regular school bus & loves their new place! 😀

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      With just a few thousand dollars, that small family facing a terrible crisis―poor kid, barely awake in school, mourning and facing homelessness—is doing much better. Let's help this family, too! (Contact me if you're local! They've nothing. Shirts on their back situation 😢).

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rachel Nusbaum

      So true! Just a few thousand dollars at the right time can be the difference between catastrophe and a chance at stability, and yet there are so few ways to get such money to families quickly. Hence we just fundraise, address one crisis at a time.https://twitter.com/r_nusbaum/status/1091360921010741248 …

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      Rachel Nusbaum @r_nusbaum
      There is something very wrong with a society where the best (and perhaps only) option for families in this kind of distress is Twitter and GoFundMe. We should all help where we can, of course, but as a system this is completely unsustainable and insufficient. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1091357317130608643 …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      Halfway to goal! If you're local to CH/Durham/Raleigh and would like to help— *especially* if you have a car to sell/donate—ping me! Without transportation, mom will risk new job. Traps of poverty: a bit of help at the right time is difference between stability and catastrophe.😢

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      Here, again, is the fundraiser. Halfway there! If you want to cheer up, read upthread on the really positive outcome of the last effort to reach out to a family in crisis. Hopefully, we can help this family, too. The kids have been through a lot.https://www.gofundme.com/mcdougle-mom-and-4-kids-facing-homelessness …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

      Also if you’d like to donate a phone! Mom has an old, cracked iPhone that doesn’t really work reliably and seems beyond repair. Easy enough if you’re local but can be mailed, too. Ping me! 🙏

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019

          Less than a thousand dollars to go for our goal. TBH, this is family has a real chance at stability—mom has gotten a decent job (starting in a few weeks)—but immediate needs are great. Car, phone, furniture, clothes for kids... They have very very little.https://www.gofundme.com/mcdougle-mom-and-4-kids-facing-homelessness …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Feb 2019

          Thank you everyone! We met our goal and if we have any extra, it will be put to good use! I'm happy to report that yesterday mom had a relaxed shopping outing for immediate needs—without the kids! She said she cannot remember the last time she had a day like that. Thank you! 🙏

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Feb 2019

          It shouldn't come down to this—the ability to fundraise—that staves off a catastrophe for four little kids. I believe in a robust safety net and structural solutions. OTOH, the right intervention at the right time can be crucial and it's not either/or. Thank you, again, everyone.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Feb 2019

          Folks, an update. Yesterday, the family had to flee the already untenable situation (before we had a place for them ready). A kind member of this tiny team helping them has taken them in for now (yeay). If you're local & have a high chair to donate, DMs open😬. Kids 2, 5, 8, 10.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2019
          Replying to @Yenne7650

          I'm a little afraid of task-loading the mom. She's struggling to keep things together, transition to new job, find a place to live, etc. all in one month. It's a good question, though, phones are essential—just like cars. There should be a way to donate them to people in need.

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        1. John Berry‏ @aniccia 1 Feb 2019
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          I have a spare 6s in near new condition, am in San Francisco.

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        1. its a hard knock life.‏ @wearaGDmask 1 Feb 2019
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          i have an iphone 5c at home - the screen might be cracked i don't remember but i'll check when i get home - if its working & you haven't found a better one, i'll be happy to donate

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